Sales Consultant Trainee - Full Time

CarMax Business Services; Elk Grove (CA); On-site; USD 23,295 - 27,552; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid sick time

Vacation time

Holiday pay

Job summary

CarMax Business Services is looking for a Sales Consultant in Elk Grove, California. In this role, you will assist customers in finding the right vehicle while ensuring smooth transactions. Required skills include sales and customer service experience, listening skills, and self-motivation. CarMax provides a competitive hourly rate ranging from $16.91 to $20.00, along with incentives, bonuses, and a range of benefits including paid sick leave and vacation time.

Qualifications

• Sales and customer service experience, preferably in retail.
• Good listening skills with a strong customer focus.
• High level of self-motivation.

Responsibilities

• Assist customers in finding vehicles that meet their needs.
• Guide customers through sales and financing processes.
• Complete records and documentation to ensure smooth transactions.

Skills

Sales experience

Customer service experience

Listening skills

Self-motivation

Job description

At CarMax, we ensure customers can buy the vehicles they want in a way that suits them. That demands a special kind of sales consultant: one who takes time to build relationships with customers in order to understand their true needs. Join us, and you will help each customer purchase the right car, not the most expensive one. We’ve become the nation’s largest retailer of used cars due to our honesty and transparency, and those same traits will help you succeed too.

What you will do – Essential responsibilities

• Use your knowledge of CarMax inventory to assist customers in finding a vehicle that meets their needs
• Guide customers every step of the way, from sale or appraisal to test drives and arranging financing applications
• Complete all relevant records and documentation to ensure smooth transactions for our customers

CarMax pays new Sales Consultants a competitive wage while training and through the first 640 hours of selling.

Learn and succeed as part of a team

This is a high energy sales environment where you will work as a team to meet goals and we’ll give you everything you need to be successful. Auto sales experience is not necessary – we provide paid training and a personal sales mentor who is dedicated to your ongoing development. Bring us your ability to connect with people and build relationships, and we’ll help you succeed. The prospects are bright for sales professionals who aspire to become mentors, managers and business leaders, and who are ready to work and learn as part of a team.

Qualifications and requirements

• Sales and customer service experience, in an area such as retail, is preferred
• Good listening skills and a strong customer focus
• High level of self-motivation

Salary

The hourly rate for this position is: $16.91 - $20.00

Incentives

In the state of California this position is eligible for incentives and bonuses.

Benefits

Except as otherwise required by state law, CarMax Associates are entitled to the following paid sick, vacation, and holiday time.

• To earn up to 48 hours of sick time per year accrued on a per pay period basis and between 80 hours and 200 hours per year of vacation time after a 90 day waiting period depending on years of continuous service with the Company.
• For 8 hours of pay for each of a total of 6 paid scheduled holidays per year plus 1 floating holiday. If such an Associate does work on a scheduled holiday due to business need, they are eligible for Holiday Premium Pay.

Associates considered full-time salaried are entitled to paid time away with no specified limit as needed for sick, vacation, bereavement, jury duty, holidays, floating holiday, etc. subject to manager approval.

For more details about benefits, please visit our CarMax Benefits website.

Equal Opportunity Employer Statement

CarMax is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Accommodation

Upon an applicant's request, CarMax will consider reasonable accommodation to complete the CarMax Job Application.